On June 25 at 10:40 p.m. Mansfield police saw a red Honda allegedly speeding west on Pequest Road near the intersection of Axford Avenue. Police followed it into Oxford Township’s Spring Meadow development and pulled it over at Martha and Robeson streets.

Then the passenger sprinted from the car and ran between two houses.

The driver, Paul Millheim, 21, of Washington was taken into custody without incident. He denied knowing the man who had been his passenger.

Then Washington Township’s K-9 unit tracked the fugitive, finding him in a back yard. Michael Damiano, 22, of Spring Meadow surrendered without incident. Millheim was charged with hindering apprehension and reckless driving.

Damiano was charged with eluding the police. He was also found to be a fugitive wanted by the county prosecutor on a forgery charge.

Both were taken to the county jail. Bail was set at $1,500 for Millheim and $2,000 for Damiano, no 10% option for either.